Wooden furniture having curved or similarly shaped surfaces



Sept 15, 1925 1,553,455

1 G. MERONI WOODEN FURNITURE HAVING CURVED 0R SIMILARLY SHAPED SURFACES Original Filed Feb. 7, z Shaw-sh. 1

Sept. 15, 1925. 1,553,455

G. MERONl WOODEN FURNITURE HAV ING CURVED OR SIMILARLY SHAPED SURFACES Original Filed Feb. 7, '2 snuthshwg 2 Patented Sept. 15, 1925, I I 4 I I UNITED S TAT ES PA TENT OFFICE GIULIO MERONI, OF MILAN, ITALY.

WOODEN FURNITURE HAVING CURVED OR- SIMILARLY SHAPED SURFACES.

Application filed February 7, 1923, Serial No. 617,607. Renewed July 20, 1925.

T allwhom itmaiy concern: wall 1 consisting preferably of a plurality Be it known that I, GIULIO MnnoNI, subof wooden sheets glued together in juxtaject ofthe Kingdom of Italy, residing at posed relation and with the grains of one Milan, Via Torlno 45, have invented cersheet arranged crosswise to the grains of the tain new. and useful Improvements in adjacent sheet, the composite sheet being Wooden Furniture having Curved or Simiarranged about the mould 3 and subjected to larly Shaped Surfaces, of which the folheat and pressure by the blocks 2, the latlowing is a specification. ter constituting the counter-mould and. hav- The present invention relates to improveing curved surfaces corresponding to the ments in that class of inventions known as curved outer surface of the inner mould so furniture and more particularly embraces that the completed wall will be curved at improved wooden furniture having curved predetermined positions as desired. Subseor similarly shaped surfaces. quently the moulds are removed in any de- The object of the invention resides in the sired manner and the curved front Wall of 15 provision of an article of furniture compristhe casing has portions 4 cut out therefrom ing a wooden casing composed of a plurality as by sawing so as to leave openings 4: for of laminated sheets, such as veneer which the drawers and doors, etc. and these porare glued together crosswise of the grains tions 4 are subsequently used by being apof the adjacent sheets and shaped correplied to the front faces of the drawers so sponding to the outer surface of the inner as to enhance the appearance of the commould by pressing the outer mould 'therepleted article, against and simultaneously heating the It is apparent that this method of operasheets, the openings for the drawers, doors, tion may be applied for the production of etc. being subsequently cut out in a desired other articles of furniture without leaving 3 manner, for example, by sawing. the scope of the invention. For example, as This type of construction makes it possiindicated in Fig. 4, the corners provided at his to produce sets of solid and durable furthe rear wall 0, p, of the article may be niture. formed so that the .composite sheet is sub Other objects as Well as the nature, chardivided into two parts m, n, one part m 30 acteristic features and scope of the invenforming a right angle with the main wall tion will be more readily apparent from the and the space formed between the other following description taken in connection portion a being filled out with a wood bar or with the accom anying drawings and pointthe like it. ed out in the claims forming a part of this It is believed in view of the foregoing that 35 specification. a further detailed description of the draw- The invention is clearly illustrated in the ing is entirely unnecessary. Likewise it is accompanying drawings, in which believed that the advantages of the inven- Fig. 1 is a horizontal section taken tion will be readily apparent. through the inner mould for the wooden Having thus fully described the invention 40 wall forming the outer casing of the arwhat is claimed as new and desired to be seticle and the counter-mould on which prescured by Letters Patent is sureis exerted, 1. The method of forming an improved Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the article of furniture consisting in arranging improved article, composite sheets of veneer about a mould Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the to form a casing having a continuous wall 95 line 3.3 of Fig. 1, and and heating and pressing the sheets so as to Fig. 4. is an enlarged transverse sectional ensure of the article retaining the moulded detail. form, and finally removing portions of the Referring now, more particularly, to the wall so as to provide openmgs. drawings there is provided a continuous 2. An article of furniture comprising a 109 casing formed of composite layers of Wood glued together so that the grains of Wood of one layer Will lie crosswise to the grains of Wood of the adjacent layer forming a substantially continuous Wall having a curved front face, portions cut away from the front face of the Wall so as to provide openings for drawers, doors, etc., and subsequently forming the facing of the drawers, doors, etc. so as to enhance the appearance 10 of the article.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GIULIO MERON I. 

